Tamar
given name · Georgian · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Tamar is a given name, most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is the 53rd most common given name. It appears chiefly in Georgian and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: A name of Hebrew origin meaning 'date palm', symbolizing beauty, fruitfulness, and grace.
- GEGeorgia1 in 84◐
- UAUkraine1 in 174
- ILIsrael1 in 202
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈313K ●
- #198 ●
- 9 ●
- Sources
- 498 ●
- 1 in 84 ◐
across 12 countries
of 16M given names
recorded for this name
5.5M records
Official registry-verified
Georgia
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Tamara in US United States, BR Brazil, AR Argentina and 18 more, Тамара in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 3 more and תמר in IL Israel.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
A name of Hebrew origin meaning 'date palm', symbolizing beauty, fruitfulness, and grace.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RU Russia | #53 | 4,356,696 | 875K rec. | — | #21 | Тамара | 162 |
| UA Ukraine | #46 | 1,813,411 | 1.8M rec. | — | — | Тамара | 68 |
| AR Argentina | #260 | 516,668 | 266K rec. | — | 52 | Tamara | 116 |
| IL Israel | #31 | 297,615 | 245K rec. | — | 506 | תמר | 96 |
| US United States | #297 | 128,582 | 1.5M rec. | 1 in 2.6K | 129K | Tamara | 498 |
| CL Chile | #176 | 95,628 | 7.8K rec. | — | 4 | Tamara | 120 |
| AU Australia | #277 | 76,736 | 55K rec. | — | 3 | Tamara | 241 |
| GB United Kingdom | #414 | 65,344 | 62K rec. | — | listed | Tamara | 182 |
| PS Palestine | #35 | 54,000 | 770 rec. | — | — | Tamar | 22 |
| GE Georgia | #4 | 47,730 | 164K rec. | 1 in 84 | 48K | Tamar | 116 |
| DE Germany | #404 | 46,746 | 43K rec. | — | 1 | Tamara | 204 |
| BR Brazil | #522 | 44,519 | 27K rec. | 1 in 4.8K | 49K | Tamara | 158 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Georgian273K59%
- English110K24%
- Spanish18K4%
- Portuguese18K4%
- Hebrew6.7K1%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Georgian | 273,165 | 59% |
| English | 110,280 | 24% |
| Spanish | 18,266 | 4% |
| Portuguese | 18,125 | 4% |
| Hebrew | 6,735 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Tamar is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
A name of Hebrew origin meaning 'date palm', symbolizing fruitfulness, grace, and beauty.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
Tamar is often viewed as a figure of righteous determination who ensured the survival of the Messianic lineage despite the failures of the men around her. In Christian theology, her inclusion in the genealogy of Jesus highlights the incorporation of Gentiles and the irregular history of salvation.
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, A daughter-in-law of Judah.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Évora; before 1492
as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1915 | 5 |
| 1923 | 5 |
| 1929 | 5 |
| 1931 | 5 |
| 1934 | 5 |
| 1935 | 5 |
| 1936 | 5 |
| 1937 | 5 |
| 1938 | 8 |
| 1939 | 8 |
| 1940 | 5 |
| 1941 | 5 |
| 1942 | 8 |
| 1943 | 8 |
| 1944 | 11 |
| 1945 | 10 |
| 1946 | 7 |
| 1947 | 10 |
| 1948 | 15 |
| 1949 | 17 |
| 1950 | 17 |
| 1951 | 19 |
| 1952 | 20 |
| 1953 | 14 |
| 1954 | 22 |
| 1955 | 22 |
| 1956 | 27 |
| 1957 | 28 |
| 1958 | 45 |
| 1959 | 35 |
| 1960 | 51 |
| 1961 | 51 |
| 1962 | 54 |
| 1963 | 50 |
| 1964 | 47 |
| 1965 | 78 |
| 1966 | 77 |
| 1967 | 57 |
| 1968 | 72 |
| 1969 | 69 |
| 1970 | 80 |
| 1971 | 85 |
| 1972 | 70 |
| 1973 | 93 |
| 1974 | 103 |
| 1975 | 94 |
| 1976 | 101 |
| 1977 | 133 |
| 1978 | 112 |
| 1979 | 132 |
| 1980 | 95 |
| 1981 | 119 |
| 1982 | 124 |
| 1983 | 126 |
| 1984 | 124 |
| 1985 | 124 |
| 1986 | 90 |
| 1987 | 90 |
| 1988 | 106 |
| 1989 | 105 |
| 1990 | 84 |
| 1991 | 82 |
| 1992 | 99 |
| 1993 | 81 |
| 1994 | 84 |
| 1995 | 92 |
| 1996 | 92 |
| 1997 | 95 |
| 1998 | 89 |
| 1999 | 103 |
| 2000 | 100 |
| 2001 | 94 |
| 2002 | 103 |
| 2003 | 109 |
| 2004 | 88 |
| 2005 | 87 |
| 2006 | 85 |
| 2007 | 90 |
| 2008 | 91 |
| 2009 | 70 |
| 2010 | 66 |
| 2011 | 82 |
| 2012 | 90 |
| 2013 | 108 |
| 2014 | 98 |
| 2015 | 84 |
| 2016 | 85 |
| 2017 | 66 |
| 2018 | 70 |
| 2019 | 62 |
| 2020 | 59 |
| 2021 | 66 |
| 2022 | 71 |
| 2023 | 70 |
| 2024 | 77 |
| 2025 | 73 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 96 years between 1915–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Tamar of Georgiab. 1166GEQueen regnant of Georgia from 1184 to 1213
- Tamar Simon Hoffsb. 1934USAmerican film director, producer and writer
- Tamar Beruchashvilib. 1961GEGeorgian politician
- Tamara Gverdtsitelib. 1962GEnot in their usual nameGeorgian-Russian singer, actress and composer
- Éliette Abécassisb. 1969FRnot in their usual nameFrench writer
- Tamar van den Dopb. 1970NLDutch actress and director (born 1970)
- Tamar Braxtonb. 1977USAmerican singer
- Tamar Slayb. 1980USAmerican basketball player (born 1980)
- Tamar Novasb. 1986ESSpanish actor
- Tamar Kaprelianb. 1986USArmenian-American singer (b. 1986)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 76 sources across 40 countries.
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 594 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Tamar?
- We estimate roughly 313 thousand people bear Tamar (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.
- In which country does Tamar have the most bearers?
- Tamar is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled тамара.
- Where is Tamar most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Tamar is densest in Georgia — about 1 in 84 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.
- How common is Tamar compared with other names?
- In Russia, Tamar is the 53rd most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.
- Is Tamar a male or female name?
- Tamar is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Tamar mean?
- Recorded meaning: A name of Hebrew origin meaning 'date palm', symbolizing beauty, fruitfulness, and grace.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tamar” — the 53rd most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.